Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. The film stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward, and features an introduction presented by Alistair Cooke; the original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky. The film is based on the book Hitler's Last Days: An Eye-Witness Account (first translated in English in 1973) by Gerhard Boldt,[4] an officer in the German Army who survived the Führerbunker. Location shooting for the film included the De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and parts of England.
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| Directed by | Ennio De Concini |
| Written by | Gerhard Boldt Ennio De Concini Maria Pia Fusco Ivan Moffat Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| Produced by | Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| Starring | Alec Guinness Simon Ward Adolfo Celi Diane Cilento Gabriele Ferzetti |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Kevin Connor |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
Production companies | Tomorrow Entertainment West Film |
| Distributed by | MGM-EMI[1] (UK[2]) Paramount Pictures (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 105 minutes[2] |
| Countries | United Kingdom Italy |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,250,000 (US/Canada rentals)[3] |
Plot
The film opens with Hitler's 56th birthday, on 20 April 1945, and ends 10 days later with his suicide, on 30 April.
Cast
- Alec Guinness – Adolf Hitler
- Simon Ward – Hauptmann Hoffmann
- Adolfo Celi – General Hans Krebs
- Diane Cilento – Hanna Reitsch
- Gabriele Ferzetti – Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- Eric Porter – General von Greim
- Doris Kunstmann – Eva Braun
- Joss Ackland – General Wilhelm Burgdorf
- John Bennett – Joseph Goebbels
- John Barron – Dr. Stumpfegger
- Barbara Jefford – Magda Goebbels
- Valerie Gray – Helga Goebbels
- Ann Lynn – Traudl Junge
- Sheila Gish – Frau Christian
- Julian Glover – Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
- Michael Goodliffe – General Helmut Weidling
- Mark Kingston – Martin Bormann
- Timothy West – Professor Karl Gebhardt
- Andrew Sachs – Walter Wagner
- Philip Stone – Colonel General Alfred Jodl
- Angela Pleasence - Traudel
Home media
The film was released on DVD on 3 June 2008,[5] and was released on Blu-ray in September 2015.[6]
See also
- The Last Ten Days (1955), a film
- The Death of Adolf Hitler (Sunday Night Theatre episode) (1973), a British television film
- The Bunker (1981), a CBS television film
- Downfall (2004), a film
References
- "Hitler: The Last Ten Days [Gli ultimi dieci giorni di Hitler]". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- "HITLER – THE LAST 10 DAYS (A)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 April 1973. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
- Boldt, Gerhard (1973). Hitler's last days: An eyewitness account. Translated by Bance, Sandra (Hardcover, First Translated ed.). Arthur Baker. ISBN 978-0-213-16429-4.
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (DVD ed.). 3 June 2008.
- "Hitler: The Last Ten Days Blu-ray".
